Revisiting "who gets care?": Health equity as an arena for nursing action

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 118-127

  Pauly, Bernadette M ^a   MacKinnon, Karen ^a   Varcoe, Colleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Health; Inequities; Outcomes; Social justice; Vulnerable or marginalized groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMINISM; FREEDOM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DEMOCRACY; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMINISM; FREEDOM; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67650152694     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e3181a3afaf     Document Type: Article

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